New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
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ROME AND THE wEsrEK WORLD.
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tn, isotnrs, eouprsasd iu thh volume ware com.
-.sS q, o1sAishcs @ . statste Al the univassity
<hich required of the rsgius proft ssor OF modern
history the PM lie delivery OF certain numt or OF
essars within certain tfsns apart from the erai'
narv course Of instruction. The demand was Of
0outtfni expedieRcy, and has now, We believe ocen
sfecSo,ed or modified. Il hes drawn from Mr..
Fr.eman two volumes distinguished by the Learn
s,r <i,c Independence and the force which gise
iixh value 10 all that he writes in his chosen line OF
etudy; but one cannot help thinking that thej
would have tssn better If their origin had been
different. Apart from the fact that the man VINO
writes because he has something which be mnst say
4 always moro impressive than the man ~bs wn'es
because he must cay something, the conditlons OF
ora delivery do not place Mr.. Freeman IN the Des'
3jgtt He sacrifices d,rect statement for tho SAKE
of rhetorical decoration he indniges TOO frenzy IN
pruate illusions and he weakens his sentences py
nroix repetitions The very arts by which ne PROB
shIv expects to become popular make him tiresome
20 fellow. But We must take the mssfers ~ we
find them. The worst OF Mr. Freeman alter all
ia that he says too much and that Is not 1ault
fer which most lecturers can fairly be blamed
tory. He has not quite reached it yet, although he
has pu plshed two years lectures. The first was
General introduction on The Methods of Histor-
ical Study" The present series comprises survey
of tho EuroOean world during period just proceed
ipg that at which modern history is assumed TO be-
gin, namely, tho poipt at which the Teutonie and
Elavonic natioas Grst came TO the forefront Mr.
Freeman divides his subject into Europe Before
Che Roman Power" Europe Under the Headship
of Rome" and 1The World Homeless" This is in
harmony with the principle he has SO often en-
forced as the groundwork of sound historic teach
ing. that the point to which all paths lead and
the point from which all paths start again. Is to DO
found in Rome and her abiding power" The lee
tures sketch the extension of Greek influence
throughout the Western world before the rise OF the
Roman power; the gradual elevation Of Rome to she
fret place. until she burst suddenly into the midst
of a system of kingdoms and common wea'ths
some what like that in which We now live. and
made herself the imperial mistress OF all; the de-
yeIopment aud decline of an international society
which recognized one common centre OF authority
and finally the cyclic revolution which has brought
us back to the condition of the narrow world OF
early times when not only every little kingdom
but every town did what was right in its own eyes
DO far its stronger neishbors let it. The last lee
ture on tho world without Rome. will be four
Freeman that although he Processes hearty salts
faction in the accomplishment of Italian unity. he
contenplates the degl adation of Rome to the rank
of capital of single kingdom with extreme
ehagrin.
THE PRACTICAL HORsEKEEPER By GEORGE
FLEMING, LII. ID. r. r V. s: Cassell &Co, Lobdon
New-York ana Mtlbourne, 1856. Small sfo.pp 2oi
Dr. Fleming has familiar knowledge OF his subject
snd he writes with clearness and precision but his
manual is practical in The 4ain tor English horse
keepers only Much sound doctrine is SCI forth in the
chapters on feeding, although the tables and prices
ale not those of American markets The most useiui
chapters are those stabing, breeding and foai-
rearing shooting and the treatment OF injuries and dis
ease and these eau serred with profit by every
one interested in horses and horse management
American readers will find little OF immediate value
the rules Tor buying horses at fairs but the descrp
ton of the varied devices of the dealer to make his
animal sh Tor than it is really worth Is inter-
esng ahd in an indirect way CONVEYS much inorma-
ton that will prove helpful bu here and every
where. About hunters and park backs and covert
hacks and load hacks and ladies' hacks and park cobs
harness cobs and many other British specaltes. the
reader who to be in ormed such matters II
find much instruction That many people take delight
in foreign horse fashions aud in pecularites OF style
and action known grand and fancy the prom
inenee given to euine oddities In the far held last
autumn at Madison Square Garden would seem to
prove.
Dr. Fleming is principal veterinary surgeon OF the
British Army, and his statements matters that come
etdcty within the OF his professional experience
ought TO be considered authoritative